Iraq & Syrian Civil Wars - Page 238

On October 03 2014 05:30 AngryMag wrote:
Al Nusra and other nutjob fractions solidarizing with IS the moment they are attacked by western powers was to be expected. Shit nevertheless.

Does anyone know something about clashes between Al Nusra and Lebanon after Al Nusra beheaded another lebanese soldier last week? Or how it looks in the Golan hights right now?

I also wonder what Iran's (or the Kurds or the IS) reaction will be if Turkey marches into Syria? I get the feeling if the Syrian Kurds lose in Kobane, they will be fucked and the war as a whole will escalate further drawing more countries and soldiers into the meatgrinder.

Fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Sunni militias is raging in the west of Iraq's Anbar province, with a fierce battle taking place for control of the strategic town of Heet. The latest large-scale IS offensive in Iraq is against Heet, in an attempt to gain more of a hold in Anbar. Apparently, the battle is still ongoing and was kicked off by the standard massive suicide bombings IS does whenever they attack a place >_>

ISIL had reportedly seized control of most of the town on Thursday, but Sunni militias, fighting on behalf of Iraq's government, swiftly denied the claim saying the battle was ongoing.

State television said the armed group had occupied the mayor's office and police station but were locked in fighting with the local Sunni Albu Nimr tribe.

The Iraqi army will soon start using Russia’s Solntsepek (Sun scorch) heavy multi-launch flame-blast weapons, that use fuel-air explosive munitions for eliminating enemy’s manpower and hardware on vast areas at a time, RIA Novosti reported, citing Almada Press news agency. The weapons have been delivered under the contract signed in July 2014.

On October 03 2014 23:28 pls no ty wrote:
A cut from Erdogan's message to Suleyman Sah Tomb personnel :

"If necessary, Turkish Armed Forces immediately and without hesitation, will be with you."

And prime minister Davutoglu:

"We wouldn't want Kobane to fall. We'll do whatever we can to prevent this from happening," Davutoğlu said in a discussion with journalists.

"No other country has the capacity to affect the developments in Syria and Iraq. No other country will be affected like us either," he said.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-will-try-to-stop-isil-taking-kurdish-border-town-pm-davutoglu.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72487&NewsCatID=338


And i dont know if you guys found the original statement but: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-government-gets-ok-for-military-operations-in-syria-iraq.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72482&NewsCatID=338

As the article says, there is like only 1 sentence including ISIS, there are like 10 statements about ESAD and how dangerous he is for our national security. LEL.

I wont be surprised if our guys start bombing esad and kurds instead of ISIS.

Australia's cabinet Friday authorized the deployment of special forces and military air strikes to tackle the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, a day after the Turkish government won parliamentary approval to deploy troops in Iraq and Syria.

"Today, cabinet has authorized Australian airstrikes in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government and in support of the Iraqi government," Abbott said. "Also, subject to final legal documentation, cabinet has authorized the deployment of Australian special forces into Iraq to advise and assist Iraqi forces."

On October 04 2014 00:53 ImFromPortugal wrote:


What do you think should happen ?

British aid worker Alan Henning has been beheaded by ISIS fighter Jihadi John in a video online video posted by the terror group.

Before he is killed, a gaunt and tired looking Mr Henning gives a short forced speech in which he blames his execution on Parliament's decision to launch strikes against Islamic State in Iraq.

The clip, which is in English with Arabic subtitles, then shows Jihadi John stepping forward to cut Mr Henning's throat before it cuts to black, then shows his body lying on the desert floor.

He says: 'I am Alan Henning. Because of our parliament’s decision to attack the Islamic state I as a member of the British public will now pay the price for that decision.'

In a thick London accent, the fighter adds: 'The blood of David Haines was on your hands Cameron, Alan Henning will also be slaughtered but his blood is on the hands of the British parliament.'

Iraqi military forces backed by Shia volunteer fighters have recaptured 30 villages from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group east of Baghdad, the ministry of defence has said.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said that the army was trying to build "offensive chains" in Diyala province.

"What the Iraqi army is trying to do is to link several villages in the area to make, what could only be described as, an 'offensive corridor', where they can cut the ISIL fighters off in the main towns they are in," he said.

Khan added that the main ISIL strongholds in Diyala province were the towns of Sadiyah, Jalawla and Khanaqin.

An Iraqi soldier told the Reuters news agency that a school in one of the recaptured towns had been used by ISIL as a headquarters and for making explosives.

Fierce fighting continues over the control of the town of Hit in the western province of Anbar for the second consecutive day.

"The gunmen came back today and attacked several areas. They [ISIL militants] clashed with the security forces and they now control three neighborhoods in the city," one police officer said.

Another police officer said government forces are still controlling the rest of Hit, particularly the roads leading northwest to Syria and east to Tikrit.

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Meanwhile, Iraqi troops and Kurdish forces along with Shia volunteers have pushed the Takfiri militants from the west of Tuz Khormato town in Saladin Province after recapturing at least nine villages in the region.

"At 5:00 am (0200 GMT), Peshmerga and Iraqi forces attacked several areas, going from Tuz Khurmatu towards Tikrit, to reach Zerga bridge, a strategic link between the two," Mullah Karim Shukur, a senior official in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said.

The ISIL terrorists retreated from the area after blowing up Zerga Bridge over the Tigris River.

At least 16 militants were killed in Iraqi airstrikes against the ISIL terrorists north of Tuz Khurmatu, near Taza, on Friday.

On October 05 2014 04:23 pls no ty wrote:
Erdogans reaction to his close friend Biden: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-president-erdogan-demands-apology-if-biden-uttered-isil-remarks.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72531&NewsCatID=510

and more of it

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pkk-isil-same-for-turkey-president-erdogan-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72533&NewsCatID=338



edit: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/04/biden-apologizes-to-turkish-president-over-remarks/

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkish-president-demands-apology-biden-25961381